Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It’s June in Black America, which means that it’s also Black Music Month, ...

The project brings together the best of early ‘90s R&B too, highlighted by new jack stars SWV, Al B Sure!, and Jodeci members DeVante Swing and his younger brother Mr. Dalvin. The result is what many ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his “Harlem trilogy” consisting of the films “New Jack City” (1991), “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim” (both 1994), died Wednesday of ...

Before Black Panther, Bad Boys II, or 8 Mile released original soundtracks of classic hip-hop, there was Above the Rim. The influential basketball film, released in March 1994 and starring the ...